Cape Town-based incubator and accelerator French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) has opened calls for applications to its third class of entrepreneurs, with applications set to close on November 8th 2018. The programme aims to help the selected entrepreneurs turn their ideas into minimum viable products and ultimately sustainable businesses. FSAT Labs particularly focuses...
The competition promotes entrepreneurial initiatives managed by women and/or men, tackling the challenges of women’s inclusion and gender inequalities – whether social, economic, cultural or political – and leveraging digital innovation for their development. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Any innovative Entrepreneurial Initiative demonstrating the existence of a legal form and having a proven activity on the African continent ...
It is always exciting when a customer gives you work, but it can also be stressful as you know that you can only invoice them once the work is completed and you’ll need enough money in the meantime to enable you to buy the supplies and pay the resources needed to complete the work. Fortunately...
Ventureburn, in partnership with Telkom Futuremakers and analytics company Qurio, is proud to announce the launch of the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey. Following the success of both its 2015 and 2017 tech startup surveys, Ventureburn will again uncover the nuts and bolts of the SA tech startup sector, seeking to discover among other things: What are the major challenges...
The Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) and Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) fintech division, AlphaCode, have announced a 12-month data science and business skills programme for 20 aspirant South African future fintech entrepreneurs. Successful candidates will go through an intensive six-month data science-training programme, where they will learn how to design a 10X business along with the core digital skills...
The Global Change Award is one of the world’s leading challenges for early-stage innovation, and the largest initiative of its kind in the fashion industry. It was initiated to accelerate the shift from a linear to a circular fashion industry, to protect the planet and our living conditions. The non-profit H&M Foundation initiated the Global...
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is once again looking for the next cohort of Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) to join our fully-sponsored 1-year MEST training program in 2019! MEST offers a graduate-level entrepreneurial training in business, communication and software development, including extensive hands-on project work, as well as mentorship from successful entrepreneurs, CEOs and other executives from...
Cape Town based investment platform Innovation Edge is offering up to R1-million to innovators with tech solutions to problems faced by young children and those who care for them. Innovation Edge will accept applications from individuals, non-profits and for-profit organisations, as well as early-stage ideas that are at the pre-proof or post-proof of concept phase. Qualifying ideas must address...
The US based Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and CPA.com have opened a call for candidates for their joint startup accelerator programme which aims to foster innovation in accounting and finance. Applications for the accelerator — which launched last year and focuses on early-stage startups in tech and financial information as well as professional competency innovation — will close on 30 November. The six-month...
In entrepreneurship we often hear people talking about “the hustle”. Traditionally, being viewed as a “hustler” was perceived as a negative connotation – recently, however, to survive as an entrepreneur it is seen as necessary to succeed – everyday I’m hustling! “Hustling” means making sure you are in the right place at the right time;...
